Telluride (Colo.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Anecdotes.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Norman Lines about a dance at Finn Hall. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording is only 3 minutes long.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. In this 2 minute recording, Midge Carrier speaks of taking the school bus from Pandora and playing as a child. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Elmer Ranta about playing basketball in a gym that he had to heat with wood before the team could play and also sledding. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording is only 2 minutes long.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Betty Stevens about a massive snow storm in 1968. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording is only about 2 minutes long.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. In this 3 minute recording, Harry Wright, who worked for Telluride's power company, speaks of what Telluride was like during the Prohibition. Every bar still carried liquor, it was made in Telluride, as the miners liked to drink. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably...
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Harry Wright about his life and work in Telluride and in other areas. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording is only 4 minutes long.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Bill Mahoney about ski lifts and their construction and cables for the mining trams. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording is only 3 minutes long.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Bill Mahoney about his purchase of stocks to help promote the ski area. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording is only about 3 minutes long.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Harry Wright about:
1.) Stamp mines (4 minutes long)
2.) Weather records (about 2 and a half minutes)
3.) Snow slides (about 2 and a half minutes)
4.) Flumes for Ames Power Station in Ilium (almost 3 minutes)
The date of this recording is unknown, but it...
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Bill Hamner about the Senate hotel and the Telluride cribs. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording is only 2 minutes long.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Harry Wright about how there were no taxes in Telluride in the 1930's because of donations to the Town of Telluride from the brothels, saloons, and cribs. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording...
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Minnie Ackerman about her husband's work in mining. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording is only 2 minutes long.
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A Historic Minute was a gathering of long-time residents of Telluride, Colorado in Telluride's park. The history of Telluride in the 20th century was discussed. Johnnie Stevens interviews Minnie Ackerman about recreational activities in the 1920's and 1930's. The date of this recording is unknown, but it was probably recorded in the late 1970's or 1980's. This recording is only 3 minutes long.
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A KOTO Radio show, called Friday Live, in which Jerry Greene interviews Chris Dusatka. This recording probably aired in 1979. Chris begins the interview by reading a poem, made for children. Chris's various careers are then discussed, including her career as a children's writer, a kindergarten teacher, and a substitute teacher. Chris decided, after taking a children's literature correspondence course from DU, that there weren't enough high-quality...
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Here is an email sent from Craig Muhonen on 9/21/22, about Dr. John Peters:
"A little story about Doc Peters;
Larry Hahn was the Vet in Norwood, and had his clinic in his Airstream trailer parked next to his small airplane at the airstrip North of town, and also in Naturita.
Larry and the “Doc” always had their Web Gear ready for their next “missions”.
Whenever there was a devastating earthquake down south, he would call Doc Peters...
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Here is an email sent from Craig Muhonen on 9/21/22, about the birth of his son, Zane Muhonen:
"A story about a pregnancy and a birth, and a tribute to Lexie and to our doctor, one named “Doc Peters”. April 24th, 1977 (see links below)
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The oral history transcription for the recording, in which Davine Pera interviews Mary Baker on 4/14/1991.
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Here is the description of this image, as written in an email from Craig Muhonen on 11/4/22:
"24 NTSB reports on this airport since 1985. I have copies of them. well this is a slightly different record of those events, the picture is from 1984, when the hangers were being built, and it shows the first “building” on mountain village, was a 23 story monstrosity,
only to bring in their skiers “right down the runway”, to the Doral hotel...
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The transcription for an oral history recording from Avilena (Rella) Bardwell for the Wilkinson Public Library. The date of the recording and this transcription is unknown.
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An oral history interview, that took place on June 30, 1979, in which Joy L. Poole interviews Tim Armstrong about his life in Telluride, Colorado. This recording was taken from a cassette tape, at the Wilkinson Public Library.
